Dogue Creek
Dogue Creek is an 8.5-mile-long tributary of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, named for the Tauxenent Indigenous Native American People also known as Doeg people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Doag Creek”, “Doeg Creek”, “Dog’s Creek”, “Dogue Run”, “Epsewassen Creek”, “Epsewasson”, “Epsewasson Creek”, “Hopkins Creek”, and “Hopkins‘ Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and Marshall Hall.
Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
Protected area
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens is situated 2 miles northeast of Dogue Creek.
Marshall Hall
Ruins
Photo: Doalfe, Public domain.
Marshall Hall, Maryland is the site of the Marshall family mansion. It is now part of Piscataway Park operated by the National Park Service. Marshall Hall is located near Bryans Road in Charles County, Maryland, next to the Potomac River, more or less across from Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George Washington.
Piscataway Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Piscataway Park is a National Park Service-protected area located 20 miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. in and around Accokeek, Maryland. It protects the National Colonial Farm, Marshall Hall, and the Accokeek Creek Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belvoir and Mount Vernon.
Belvoir
Neighborhood
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Mount Vernon
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Mount Vernon is a district in Fairfax County, Virginia, situated on the Potomac River. It takes its name from the country home and plantation of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America.
Fort Belvoir
Village
Photo: Orygun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Belvoir is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fairfax County was named. Fort Belvoir is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dogue Creek.
Dogue Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Dogue Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Dogue Creek”
- Cebuano: “Dogue Creek”
- Persian: “دگ کریک”
- Tajik: “Дг крик”
- Tajik: “Дог”
- Venetian: “Dogue”
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Highlights include Ferry Point and Marshal Point.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dogue Creek”. Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.